Photos: Four New "Dark Shadows" Portraits

Dark Shadows News has posted four previously unseen Dark Shadows portraits, featuring Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Bella Heathcoate, and Helena Bonham Carter. Click the images below to enlarge them:









Images © Warner Bros. Entertainment Ltd.

Making the Opening Titles of "Dark Shadows"

Richard Morrison created the opening titles for Tim Burton's Dark Shadows. This was Morrison's third collaboration with the director, having previously worked on Batman (1989) and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) with him.

A short article from the website Dexinger has words from Morrison, who explained how he used footage shot by Tim Burton himself to get a sense of the design of the opening titles, settling on the Benguiat typeface to set the mood.

"Tim shot this long sequence where Bella Heathcote, who plays a young nanny, is travelling on a train through the New England brownwoods," commented Richard Morrison. "It's a beautiful bit of footage that sweeps the audience from the landscape right into the compartment of the speeding train.

"After looking at different treatment, we decided to keep things really simple and work with type to evoke the mood. Benguiat has a lovely feel that's reminiscent of 70's TV shows. And together with the music score, we arrived at a very simple opening, but one that's quite unsettling, which captures the essence of the film."

Videos: Eight New Interviews with "Dark Shadows" Cast & Crew

The heyuguysblog YouTube channel has posted eight new interviews with cast and crew members of Dark Shadows:

Tim Burton:




Producer Richard D. Zanuck:




Helena Bonham Carter:




Michelle Pfeiffer and Chloe Moretz:




Jackie Earle Haley:




Jonny Lee Miller:




Gully McGrath:




Eva Green and Bella Heathcoate:

Video: Interviews with Burton, "Dark Shadows" Cast

Kevin McCarthy from NerdTears.com sat down with director Tim Burton and actors Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloe Moretz, Bella Heathcoate, Jonny Lee Miller, Jackie Earle Haley, and Eva Green to discuss Dark Shadows:

Video: New "Dark Shadows" Featurette, "Strange Family"

Yahoo! Movies has posted a second Dark Shadows featurette, "Strange Family." Tim Burton, Johnny Depp, Bella Heathcoate, Chloe Moretz, Eva Green, Helena Bonham Carter, and Michelle Pfieffer all offer their insights into the Collins family. There is plenty of new footage and also plenty of potential SPOILERS:

Photos: 16 New Stills from "Dark Shadows"

UPDATE:  You can find high-resolution versions of these images, and without a watermark, at this link.

Dread Central has posted sixteen new stills from Dark Shadows, including shots of Tim Burton directing his cast. Click the images below to enlarge them:

Nine New Full-Body "Dark Shadows" Character Posters

Apple has posted nine new full-body character posters to promote Dark Shadows. Click on the images below to enlarge them:

New "Dark Shadows" Character Posters

Empire Online has posted a series of new Dark Shadows character posters. Click the images below to enlarge them:

First Official "Dark Shadows" Image Released

(Click the image for an enlarged version.)

Entertainment Weekly has provided the first official image from Dark Shadows. The shot was staged by Tim Burton himself early in production.

The cast in the image, from left to right: Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter), Carolyn Stoddard (Chloë Moretz), Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green), David Collins (Gulliver McGrath), Victoria Winters (Bella Heathcote), Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp), Mrs. Johnson (Ray Shirley), Willie Loomis (Jackie Earle Haley), Roger Collins (Jonny Lee Miller), and Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer).

Read the article to hear more about the characters' backgrounds from Entertainment Weekly and screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith.

Eva Green for "Dark Shadows"

Eva Green

Casting is underway for Burton's forthcoming Dark Shadows adaptation. Deadline reveals that Eva Green, well-known for her role as the "Bond girl" Vesper Lynd in 2006's Casino Royale, is negotiating to play the role of Angelique, the female lead. Angelique is the love interest of Barnabas Collins, the vampire who will be played by Johnny Depp.

In related news, Jackie Earle Haley and Bella Heathcoate are also in talks to play prominent roles in the fantasy drama. Haley will likely play Willie Loomis, and Heathcoate will likely be Victoria Winters, the young governess of the Collins estate.

Dark Shadows is intended to finally begin production this Spring.



Bella Heathcoate


Jackie Earle Haley